PROCEEDINGS OF THE 


ELECTORAL COLLEGE 

OF MASSACHUSETTS 



JANUARY 8 AND lO 

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JANUARY 8 AND lO 

1921 


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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. 


Senate Chamber, State House, Boston, January 8, 1921. 

The Hon. Albert P. Langtry, Secretary of the Common¬ 
wealth, presiding. 

The members of the Electoral College, having assembled in 
the Senate parlor, were escorted to the Senate Chamber by 
Charles O. Holt, Sergeant-at-Arms of the General Court. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms. The Electoral College. 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth. Admit the Elec¬ 
toral College. 

Ladies and gentlemen, you will find seats assigned to you, 
those for the Electors from Districts Nos. 1 to 8 being at the 
left, those for the Electors from Districts Nos. 9 to 16 at the 
right, those for the two Electors at large being at either side of 
me. You will find your names at the seats; you will kindly 
take the ones assigned to you. 

The members of the College took their seats as requested. 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth. The College will 
please come to order. The authority by which the Secretary of 
the Commonwealth calls the College to order and presides 
until a presiding officer is chosen is found in section 148 of 
chapter 54 of the General Laws, which reads: “The persons 
chosen as presidential electors shall meet at the state house on 
the Saturday preceding the second Monday in January succeed¬ 
ing their election at three o’clock in the afternoon and organize 
by the choice of a presiding officer and secretary. The secre¬ 
tary of the commonwealth shall call the meeting to order, call 
the roll of electors, and preside until a presiding officer shall be 
chosen.” 



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The first business in order is the calling of the roll. If there 
is no objection, I will ask Mr. Herbert H. Boynton, First 
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, to call the roll. 

The roll of the College was called, and the following-named 
members responded: — 

The Hon. Elizabeth Putnam of Manchester. 

The Hon. Fkank H. Metcalf of Holyoke. 

The Hon. Henry P. Field of Northampton. 

The Hon. Arthur H. Lowe of Fitchburg. 

The Hon. Chandler Bullock of Worcester. 

The Hon. Alfred C. Gaunt of Methuen. 

The Hon. Elihu Thomson of Swampscott. 

The Hon. Marion Cowan Burrows of Lynn. 

The Hon. William H. Lewis of Cambridge. 

The Hon. J. Edward L. McLean of Somerville. 

The Hon. Emma Romano of Boston. 

The Hon. Charlotte H. J. Guild of Boston. 

The Hon. Albert H. Curtis of Boston. 

The Hon. Ernest B. Dane of Brookline. 

The Hon. Harold C. Keith of Brockton. 

The Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of North Attleborough. 

The Hon. Albert H. Washburn of Middleborough. 

The Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth. All 
present except the Hon. Charles Sumner Bird. 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth. All but one of the 
Electors are present. The next business will be the qualifica¬ 
tion of Electors. I will request the Hon. Henry P. Field of 
Northampton and the Hon. Harold C. Keith of Brockton to act 
as a committee to wait upon His Excellency the Governor and 
notify him that the Electoral College is now present in the 
Senate Chamber and ready to take the oaths of qualification. 
Will the Sergeant-at-Arms conduct the committee to the 
Governor? 

The committee proceeded under the escort of the Sergeant- 
at-Arms to the discharge of their duties. 

The Sergeant-at-x4rms. A committee of the Electoral 
College. 




























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The Secretary of the Commonwealth. Admit the com¬ 
mittee. 

The Hon. Henry P. Field. Mr. Secretary. 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth. Mr. Chairman. 

The Hon. Henry P. Field. The committee have the honor 
to report that they have performed the duties of their office and 
waited upon the Governor, and that His Excellency states that 
he is ready to appear forthwith. 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth. Will the same 
committee with the Sergeant-at-Arms please inform His Ex¬ 
cellency the Governor that the Electoral College requests him 
to attend forthwith? 

The committee, escorted by the Sergeant-at-Arms, proceed 
to the discharge of their duties. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms. His Excellency the Governor and 
a committee of the Electoral College. 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth. Admit his Ex¬ 
cellency the Governor and the committee. Will the Electors 
please rise? 

His Excellency the Governor, attended by the Sergeant-at- 
Arms and the committee, entered the Senate Chamber and was 
escorted to the platform. 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth. Ladies and 
gentlemen. His Excellency Channing H. Cox. I am in hopes 
that the Governor will say a few words, and will you please 
all be seated. 

His Excellency Channing H. Cox. Mr. Chairman, Ladies 
and Gentlemen: It is my pleasant duty to administer to you 
men and women the oaths for the faithful performance of the 
duties of the honorable offices to which you have been elected. 
While the original purpose of the Electoral College has been 
somewhat modified in the course of time, and perhaps the 
intention that the choosing of a president and a vice-president 
should be removed from the stress and strain of a political 


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campaign and be left to the calm and careful deliberations of 
men sitting apart from the affairs of politics, has been for¬ 
gotten, nevertheless it still remains true that citizens of char¬ 
acter and integrity should be selected for that important duty, 
and I know that that is true of this Electoral College. 

It is a very great privilege for the first time to be able to 
administer oaths to women in Massachusetts who have assem¬ 
bled for this high public service, and it is a particularly great 
pleasure for me to have the opportunity of helping you in 
your work, because I have reason to believe that I know what 
your choice at least for vice-president is to be, and I am glad 
to think that your votes are perhaps to be cast for one who to 
an unusual degree holds the affection and esteem of the people 
of Massachusetts — a great, distinguished predecessor of mine 
in the office of Governor of Massachusetts. 

If you will be kind enough to stand and raise your right 
hands I will now administer to you the oaths of office. And 
will you repeat after me, inserting your names — 

I, ., do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and 

allegiance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the 
Constitution thereof. So help me God. 

I, ., do solemnly swear and affirm that I will faithfully 

and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as 
an Elector of President and Vice President of the United States, accord¬ 
ing to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the rules 
and regulations of the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth. So 
help me God. 

I, ., do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitu¬ 

tion of the United States. 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth. Please be seated 
and sign the oaths. 

The Electors then subscribed to the oaths. 

His Excellency Channing H. Cox. Seventeen Electors of a 
total of eighteen having duly taken and subscribed to the 
necessary oaths, you are now qualified to enter upon the dis¬ 
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The Secretary of the Commonwealth. The members of 
the College will please rise. The Sergeant-at-Arms will conduct 
His Excellency the Governor to the Executive Chamber. 

His Excellency the Governor, attended by the Sergeant-at- 
Arms, thereupon vdthdrew from the Senate Chamber, the 
Electors applauding. 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth. Ladies and gentle¬ 
men, will you please be seated. I think there is no more 
important function in the history of this country than that 
which you are to carry out, and I think it is befitting that 
before you begin we should have prayers. I will ask the Rev. 
Dr. Horton to pray. 

Rev. Edward A. Horton, D.D., Chaplain of the Senate, 
offered prayer, as follows: — 

God of our fathers and the living present, here in this old historic Com¬ 
monwealth are we gathered to fulfill the wishes of those who rule in a 
government of the people, by the people and for the people. Three cen¬ 
turies, 0 Lord, of human aspirations, struggles, defeats and victories, 
pour their significance into this hour. High-minded citizenship in a self- 
governing nation is the very soul and life of the Republic. Our leaders 
rise from the people; by the people’s love and loyalty are they empowered 
to command, and to the people they return. Thanksgiving and praise 
to Thee for our country’s wonderful past, throwing its prophetic light 
into even a more marvelous future. Our fathers laid foundations deep 
and firm; may we build on those foundations wisely and devotedly, 
guided by America’s noblest ideals.^ 

May Massachusetts, beloved, ever maintain that original strong, inde¬ 
pendent spirit of old, blended and happily united with a fervid national 
patriotism and a broad, generous international brotherhood spirit. May 
her altar fires of liberty, fraternity and justice ever burn brightly, beacon 
lights to the world. 

With such thoughts and inspirations may this deliberative body enter 
upon its duties. May American conscience, American wisdom and 
American character be fitly exemplified in the transactions that shall 
follow. In His holy name we offer our petitions. Amen. 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth. The next business 
in order, ladies and gentlemen, is the election of a president. 

The Hon. Ernest B. Dane. Mr. Secretary, I have the 
honor to move the election by acclamation of the Hon. Eliza- 


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beth Putnam of Manchester as President of this Electoral 
College. 

The motion was seconded by Hon. J. Edward L. McLean. 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth. It has been regu¬ 
larly moved and seconded that the Hon. Elizabeth Putnam be 
chosen as President of this College. All those in favor will 
please say “Aye”. [Unanimous response.] Will Mrs. Charlotte 
H. J. Guild and Mr. Dane please act as a committee to escort 
the President-elect to the chair.y 

The Presiding Officer-elect was conducted to the chair. 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth. I am very glad to 
welcome you to this office. 

The President. Fellow members of the Electoral College; 
I thank you in words which can hardly express the depth of my 
feeling for electing me to this high office, and I accept it with 
great humility, speaking only as representing the women of this 
great Commonwealth, for the women of Massachusetts have 
always stood firm behind her men. Now it has for the first 
time become our privilege to stand side by side with them for 
the Commonwealth and the Nation. 

I am peculiarly happy that it should be our privilege first in 
this year when we are choosing for office two men whom I feel 
we can believe will lead the country to something higher than 
she has ever yet reached. In the President-elect we have a man 
of the highest integrity and honor, a man who is determined to 
be a leader not only chosen by the people, but believed in ut¬ 
terly as a leader by the people and always following their be¬ 
hests. Of the Vice-President-elect I can hardly trust myself to 
speak, for my feeling is so strong about him — my pride and 
joy that he is being given larger fields in which to show his 
character. 

I understand that the next business in order is the election of 
a secretary. The Chair awaits a motion. 

The Hon. Marion Cowan Burrows. Madam President, I 
move the election by acclamation of the Hon. x41bert H. 








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Washburn of Middleborough as Secretary of this Electoral 
College. 

The President. Is the motion seconded? 

The Hon. Alfred C. Gaunt. Madam President, I second 
the motion nominating the Hon. Albert H. Washburn of Mid¬ 
dleborough as Secretary of this Electoral College. 

The President. You have heard the motion of the Hon. 
Marion Cowan Burrows, seconded by the Hon. Alfred C. 
Gaunt, that the Hon. Albert H. Washburn of Middleborough 
be elected Secretary of the Electoral College. Those in favor 
will signify it by saying “Aye’\ [Unanimous response.] Con¬ 
trary minded, “No”. [No response.] It is a unanimous vote. 

Further business before the Electoral College is the hour of 
meeting on Monday. The Chair will entertain a motion as to 
the hour at which we are to meet. 

The Hon. Albert H. Washburn. Madam President, before 
that motion is put I wish to say that I was this morning in¬ 
formally requested to prepare a resolution, which I should like 
to offer at this time: — 

Resolved by the Members of the Electoral College of Massachusetts of 1921, 
That they learn with the deepest regret of the illness of their colleague, 
the Hon. Charles Sumner Bird, Elector at Large. 

Resolved, further. That they extend to him their hearty greetings and 
best wishes for a speedy and complete restoration to health and vigor. 

The President. You have heard the motion made by the 
Hon. Albert H. Washburn for a message of sympathy to be sent 
to the Hon. Charles Sumner Bird. Those in favor of this mo¬ 
tion will signify, it by saying “Aye”. [Unanimous response.] 
Contrary minded. It is a unanimous vote, Mr. Secretary, and 
I beg that you will see that it is conveyed to the Hon. Mr. 
Bird. 

The Chair will now entertain a motion with regard to the 
hour of meeting on Monday. 

The Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Madam President, I 
move that when this Electoral College adjourns it be to meet 
on Monday next at 10 o’clock. 


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The President. The Chair would like to ask if that hour is 
agreeable to Mr. Horton. 

Mr. Horton. Yes. 

The President. Then those in favor of the motion of the 
Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., that when the Electoral College 
adjourn it be to meet again on Monday at 10 o’clock, will 
signify it by saying “Aye”. [General response.] Contrary 
minded. It is a vote. A motion to adjourn is in order. 

The Hon. Arthur H. Lowe. Madam President, I move 
that the College now^ adjourn. 

The President. The motion is now made by the Hon. 
Arthur H. Lowe that the College adjourn. Those in favor of 
this motion will signify it by saying “Aye”. [General re¬ 
sponse.] Contrary minded, “No”. [No response.] Before we 
adjourn the Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth would like 
to have a number of papers signed, and after that it is requested 
that we adjourn through the door on our left to the corridor, 
where are to be taken those rather annoying but perhaps 
necessary things, •— photographs of the College. 

Business was suspended during the signing of papers by 
members of the College. 

The President. The signatures have all been made, and 
the meeting will now stand adjourned, as the photographers 
are anxious to take the pictures soon. If the College will file 
out through that door the deed will be done. 

The College thereupon, at 3.55 p.m., adjourned to meet at 
10 o’clock A.M., Monday, Jan. 10, 1921. 



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SECOND DAY. 


Senate Chamber, State House, Monday, January 10, 1921. 

The President, accompanied by the Rev. Dr. Horton, re¬ 
sumed her seat at 10 o’clock a.m. 

At 10.11 A.M. the Sergeant-at-Arms announced: “The 
Electoral College.” 

The President. Admit the Electoral College. 

The Electors resumed their seats. 

The President. The College will please come to order and 
remain standing during the prayer. 

The Rev. Dr. Horton offered prayer, as follows: — 

Source of all wisdom and inspiration. Thou hast declared in oracles of 
old, ‘‘Where there is no vision the people perish.’’ Bestow, we pray 
Thee, upon officials and citizens discerning loyalty and tireless enthusi¬ 
asm. Manifold, indeed, are the problems and obhgations of the present 
hour, but our country’s resources are vast. America, 0 Lord, shall be 
not only the prophet of a new civihzation, but a leader and fulfiller of 
world-wide reconstruction. May the new administration of national 
affairs go forward with rallying inspiration. The signs of the times are 
auspicious for souls of lofty outlook and irresistible courage. May 
Massachusetts justify her fame and name by perpetuating in new forms 
her old-time patriotism, her supreme civic standards, and those righteous 
causes which have given her power and prosperity. So shall the Most 
High guide and guard our people through coming vicissitudes, to the 
glory of His holy name and to the blessing of humanity. Amen. 

The President. The Secretary will now call the roll of the 
Electors. 

The Secretary called the roll, and all the Electors responded 
except the Hon. Charles Sumner Bird and the Hon. William 
H. Lewis. 


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The Secretary. I have the honor to report, Madam Presi¬ 
dent, that the Electoral College is all present, with the excep¬ 
tion of the Hon. Charles Sumner Bird and the Hon. William 
H. Lewis. 

The President. I presume that Mr. Lewis will be here 
shortly and shall act on that assumption. 

It appears from the roll that one of the Electors at Large is 
absent. It is enjoined by law in the event of the inability of 
an Elector to attend the meeting of the Electoral College and 
cast his votes for President and Vice-President of the United 
States, that the Electoral College shall select a suitable person 
to discharge the duties of the office. Mr. Charles Sumner Bird 
being prevented by illness from attending this meeting, the 
first business before this body is the choice of an Elector to 
fill the place of Mr. Bird. Your Presiding Officer is anxious 
personally to nominate a candidate for this office, and will 
therefore ask Mr. Thomson to take the chair. 

The Hon. Elihu Thomson thereupon took the chair. 

The Hon. Elizabeth Putnam. Mr. President and Fellow 
Members of the Electoral College: I desire to nominate for 
the office of Elector in this College in the place of Mr. Charles 
Sumner Bird, who to our great regret is debarred by illness 
from attending this meeting, one who can most fitly represent 
him, — Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird. Mrs. Bird and I have 
worked together for many years in different lines of work. 
Four years ago, at her desire, I accepted the chairmanship of 
the Massachusetts Women’s Auxiliary Hughes Alliance, Mrs. 
Bird being vice-chairman. This year, when she was chairman 
of the Women’s Division of the Republican State Committee, 
she asked me to be a member of the executive committee to 
represent those who had opposed the extension of the suffrage 
to women. 

We worked together under Mrs. Wendell in the Special Aid 
Society for American Preparedness. When our men were sent 
to the Mexican Border you will remember that they were 
mobilized between Saturday and Monday morning, and obliged 



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to go away without the opportunity of making proper provision 
for their families. The aim of the Relief Department of the 
Special Aid Society, which was my department, was to help 
those who were either too proud or too patriotic to apply for 
help to the agencies established for the purpose. Personal 
visits to their homes were necessary in order to meet the needs 
of these women and children satisfactorily, and Mrs. Bird was 
of inestimable help to me by covering all the towns within any 
reasonable distance of Walpole — and nothing that I asked 
would she admit to be unreasonable. One personal touch I 
should like to add to my tribute, and that is my gratitude for 
her kindness to one of my boys, whose business took him for a 
time to Walpole to live. It is a great gratification to me to be 
able to make this nomination personally, Mr. Chairman, and I 
therefore present the name of Mrs. Anna C. Bird of Walpole. 
I wish that Mrs. Bird might be elected by acclamation, but the 
law requires that a vacancy in the Electoral College shall be 
filled by ballot. 

The Pkesiding Officek. Are there any other nominations? 
There being no other nominations, we will proceed to the elec¬ 
tion of an Elector at large to fill the vacancy. 

The Hon. Harold C. Keith. Mr, President, I move that a 
committee of two be appointed to receive, sort and count the 
ballots. 

The Presiding Officer. It has been moved that a com¬ 
mittee of two be appointed to collect and count ballots. Those 
in favor will please say ^^Aye^’. [Unanimous response.] Those 
opposed, ''No”. It is a vote. 

The President resumed the chair. 

The President. The Chair will appoint the Hon. Harold 
C. Keith and the Hon. Alfred C. Gaunt as such committee. 

The ballots were distributed. 

The President. The ballot will be taken according to the 
rule established for casting the ballots for President. It is as 
follows: — 


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The Secretary of the College shall call the names of the Electors in 
their order, and when the name of an Elector is called he shall rise in his 
place, announce his vote, and deposit his vote in the ballot box presented 
to him by one of the committee appointed to receive, sort and count the 
votes. 

The committee will proceed to collect the ballots as the 
names of the Electors are called. 

The Secretary thereupon proceeded to call the roll, and each 
of the Electors present announced that he or she voted for Anna 
C. Bird and deposited his or her ballot, all the Electors being 
present and voting except the Hon. William H. Lewis. 

The President. The Chair would ask if all Electors, with 
the exception of Mr. Lewis, who is said to be on his way, have 
cast their votes. If so, the committee will retire under the 
escort of the Sergeant-at-Arms and count the votes. 

The committee, escorted by the Sergeant-at-Arms, proceeded 
to the discharge of its duty. 

At this point the Hon. William H. Lewis took his seat. 

The Hon. William H. Lewis. Madam President, am I too 
late to cast my ballot? [Conferring with Mr. Boynton.] 

The Sergeant-at-Arms. A committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The President. Admit the committee of the Electoral 
College. The Chair would suggest that before making the 
report the committee collect a ballot from Mr. Lewis, who 
has now arrived, in order that we may have the full vote 
for Mrs. Bird. 

The Hon. William H. Lewis thereupon cast his ballot. 

The President. Is the committee now ready to report? 

The Hon. Harold C. Keith. Madam President, your com¬ 
mittee appointed to receive, sort and count ballots submit the 
following report: Number of votes cast, seventeen, of which 
all are for Mrs. Anna C. Bird. 


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The President. The Chair accepts the report of the com¬ 
mittee, and discharges it from further duties. 

The Hon. Anna C. Bird having been duly elected to fill the 
vacancy caused by the illness of the Hon. Charles Sumner Bird, 
the Chair will now appoint the following committee to wait 
upon Mrs. Bird and to escort her to this Electoral College: the 
Hon. Ernest B. Dane and the Hon. Marion Cowan Burrows. 

The committee, under escort of the Sergeant-at-Arms, retired 
from the Senate Chamber and business was suspended during 
its absence. 

The Serge ANT-AT-Arms. A committee of the Electoral 

College. 

The President. Admit the committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The committee entered, escorting the Hon. Anna Child Bird. 

The President. Mrs. Bird, we welcome you as a member 
of this Electoral College, not only as representing your dis¬ 
tinguished husband, but as sharing with him in all his distinc¬ 
tions and honors. 

The Hon. Anna C. Bird. Thank you. 

The President. Your seat is his seat. 

The Hon. Anna C. Bird. Is it proper for me to say how 
deeply I appreciate the honor that is conferred upon me in 
electing me to fill the vacant seat of Mr. Bird? 

The President. Before you take your seat it is necessary 
that you should take the oaths. Are you prepared to be 
qualified to act as Elector? 

The Hon. Anna C. Bird. I am. 

The President. Mr. Herbert H. Boynton and Mr. Peter 
F. J. Carney, acting as commissioners to qualify public officers, 
will administer the oaths. 

Mr. Boynton. Mrs. Bird, will you raise your right hand 
and repeat after me the oaths of qualification, inserting your 
name after the word ‘‘ 1 ”. 


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The oaths were thereupon taken and subscribed by the Hon. 
Anna C. Bird in the following form: — 

I, Anna Child Bird, do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and 
allegiance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the 
Constitution thereof. So help me God. 

I, Anna Child Bird, do solemnly swear and affirm that I will faithfully 
and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as 
an Elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, accord¬ 
ing to the best of my abihties and understanding, agreeably to the rules 
and regulations of the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth. So 
help me God. 

I, Anna Child Bird, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitu¬ 
tion of the United States. 

Mr. Boynton. Madam President, I have the honor to report 
that the Hon. Anna Child Bird is duly qualified to perform the 
duties of the office of Elector at large. 

The Peesident. You have heard Mr. Boynton’s statement 
that the Hon. Anna Child Bird is duly qualified to perform the 
duties of Elector at large. Mrs. Bird, will you take the seat of 
Elector at large? The committee, having reported and escorted 
Mrs. Bird, is now discharged from further duty. 

The next business before the Electoral College is to vote for 
President of the United States. 

The Hon. Akthur H. Lowe. Madam President, I move 
that this College now proceed to ballot in the customary 
manner for President of the United States, and I nominate for 
this office the Hon. Warren G. Harding of Ohio, that splendid 
citizen who is a genuine American through and through and 
so eminently fitted to lead our Nation during these serious times. 

The Hon. Anna C. Bird. Madam President, may I second 
that nomination, which I do with great pleasure. 

The President. Ladies and gentlemen, you have heard the 
motion of the Hon. Mr. Lowe, seconded by the Hon. Mrs. 
Bird. Those in favor of the motion to take the ballot for 
President of the United States will signify it by saying “ Aye'\ 
[Unanimous response.] Contrary minded, ^^No”. [No re¬ 
sponse.] It is a vote; the motion is passed. 

The Chair will now direct that the balloting proceed accord¬ 
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of Mrs. Bird, and will appoint the following committee to re¬ 
ceive, sort and count the ballots: the Hon. Arthur H. Lowe, the 
Hon. Anna C. Bird and the Hon. Elihu Thomson. After 
collecting the votes, as was done previously, the committee will 
retire under the escort of the Sergeant-at-Arms and sort and 
count the votes and report accordingly. 

The ballots were thereupon distributed. 

The President. The secretary will now call the roll, and 
each member as he deposits his ballot in the box will announce 
his vote audibly. 

The roll was thereupon called by the secretary, each Elector 
depositing his ballot and announcing that he or she voted for 
the Hon. Warren G. Harding of Ohio for President of the 
United States. 

The President. Have all Electors now voted? If so, the 
committee will retire under the escort of the Sergeant-at-Arms 
and sort and count the votes. 

The committee retired at 10.42 a.m., returning at 10.48 a.m. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms. A committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The President. Admit the committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The Hon. Arthur H. Lowe. Madam President, the com¬ 
mittee appointed by you to collect, sort and count the votes has 
attended to that duty and would report: Eighteen ballots have 
been cast, all for Warren G. Harding of Ohio for President of 
the United States. M 

The President. Ladies and gentlemen, you have heard the 
report of your committee, which is that eighteen votes of the 
Electoral College of Massachusetts have been cast for the Hon. 
Warren G. Harding of Ohio for President of the United States. 
The election is unanimous. The Chair would declare the com¬ 
mittee discharged from further duty. 


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The Hon. Henry P. Field. Madam President, I now move 
that the Electors proceed to ballot for a Vice-President of the 
United States in the same form and manner in which they have 
balloted for President. 

Tlie Hon. J. Edward L. McLean. I second the motion to 
proceed with the ballot for the Vice-President of the United 
States. 

The President. You have heard the motion of the Hon. 
Henry P. Field, seconded by the Hon. J. Edward L. McLean, 
that the Electoral College now vote for the Vice-President of 
the United States in the same manner in which it has voted for 
the President of the L'^nited States. Those in favor of this 
motion will signify it by saying “Aye”. [General response.] 
Contrary minded. [No response.] It is a vote. The Chair 
appoints as a committee to sort and count the votes, the Hon. 
Henry P. Field, the Hon. J. Edward L. McLean and the Hon. 
Charlotte H. J. Guild. The ballot will be taken as the previous 
ballots have been taken, and the Secretary will proceed to call 
the roll. 

The roll was thereupon called by the Secretary, each Elector 
depositing his ballot and announcing that he or she voted for 
the Hon. Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts for Vice-President 
of the United States. 

The President. Have all the Electors voted? They appear 
to have voted. The committee will then retire under the escort 
of the Sergeant-at-Arms and sort and count the ballots. 

The committee retired at 10.54 a.m., returning at 10.56 a.m. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms. . A committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The President. Admit the committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The Hon. Henry P. Field. Madam President, your com¬ 
mittee has the honor to report that it has attended to its duties. 
Eighteen ballots have been cast, all of which are for the Hon. 
Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts for Vice-President of the 
United States. 
















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19 


The President. The Chair would like to say that it is an 
extraordinary pleasure to receive the report of the committee of 
the Electoral College. You have heard that eighteen votes have 
been cast for the Hon. Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts as 
Vice-President of the United States of America. The commit¬ 
tee is discharged from further duty. 

The Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Madam President, I 
move that this Electoral College now proceed to elect a person 
to take charge of and carry to Washington and deliver to the 
President of the Senate of the United States the certificates of 
the votes of this Electoral College. 

The Hon. Emma Romano. Madam President, I second the 
motion of the Hon. Mr. Martin. 

The President. You have heard the motion of the Hon. 
Joseph W. Martin, Jr., seconded by the Hon. Emma Romano, 
that we proceed to elect a messenger to carry the certificate 
of the votes of the Electoral College to Washington. What is 
your pleasure? Those in favor will signify it by saying '^Aye’h 
[General response.] Contrary minded. [No response.] It is 
a vote. Nominations are in order. 

The Hon. Chandler Bullock. Madam President and Mem¬ 
bers of the Electoral College: I rise to nominate a messenger 
to carry the certificates of the votes of this Electoral College 
to Washington. I shall nominate one who, though high his 
deserts, has refused to accept political honors heretofore, yet 
for many years he has been keenly interested in the Republican 
party whose Electors we are proud to be. For years Frank 
W. Stearns has striven for Republican success because he 
firmly believes our party is the party of sane and sure advance¬ 
ment. A man of large affairs, he has yet found time and 
energy to be a significant factor in the political progress of 
Massachusetts. Would we had more big men like Frank 
Stearns. His political ambitions are always for others than 
himself, nor can the cynical find in them any alloy of self- 
interest He early knew and appreciated Calvin Coolidge. 
He was almost the very first of the millions who now appreciate 
and honor him. Long before his star became resplendent 
Frank Stearns pointed to Calvin Coolidge and said, ''This man 
will rise high.'' To few it is given to have a prophecy so 
triumphantly fulfilled. To fewer still is it given to play such 


20 


ELECTORAL COLLEGE 


an unselfish part in that fulfillment. We should honor such a 
prophet in his own country. So I nominate, Madam Presi¬ 
dent, Frank W. Stearns to take to Washington the certificates 
of the votes of this Electoral College for Warren G. Harding 
for President and Calvin Coolidge for Vice-President of the 
Lmited States. 

The Hon. Harold C. Keith. Madam President, it is with 
great pleasure that I second the nomination of. Frank W. 
Stearns for messenger. 

The President. You have heard the nomination of Mr. 
Frank W. Stearns, put in nomination by the Hon. Chandler 
Bullock and seconded by the Hon. Harold C. Keith. Are 
there any other nominations? If not, we will proceed to vote 
for Mr. Stearns. Those in favor of electing Mr. Stearns as 
messenger to carry the certificates of the votes to Washington 
will signify it by saying ‘‘Aye’'. [General response.] Con¬ 
trary minded. [No response.] It is a vote. 

The Chair will appoint the following committee to wait on 
Mr. Stearns and to escort him to the Electoral College: the 
Hon. Chandler Bullock and the Hon. Emma Romano. 

The committee retired under escort of the Sergeant-at-Arms, 
returning with Mr. Stearns. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms. A committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The President. x4dmit the committee of the Electoral 
College. 

Mr. Frank W. Stearns was escorted to the area in front of 
the President’s desk. 

The President. Mr. Stearns, do you accept the office of 
messenger to which you have been elected? 

Mr. Frank W. Stearns. I do. 

The President. Will you qualify for such position? 

Mr. Frank W. Stearns. I will. 

Mr. Herbert H. Boynton and Mr. Peter F. J. Carney, as 
commissioners to qualify public officers, then proceeded to the 
^qualification of Mr. Stearns. 















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OF MASSACHUSETTS. 21 

Mr. Boynton. Mr. Stearns, will you raise your ri^ht hand 
and repeat after me, giving your name — 

I, Frank W. Stearns, do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and 
allegiance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and will support the 
Constitution thereof. So help me God. 

I, Frank W. Stearns, do solemnly swear and affirm that I will faith¬ 
fully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent 
upon me as Messenger of the Electoral College of Massachusetts, accord¬ 
ing to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the rules 
and regulations of the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth. So 
help me God. 

I, Frank W. Stearns, do solemnly swear that I will support the Consti¬ 
tution of the United States. 

Mr. Stearns then subscribed to the oaths. 

Mr. Boynton. Madam President, I have the honor to 
report that Mr. Stearns is qualified as messenger of the Electoral 
College. 

The President. Mr. Frank W. Stearns having duly taken 
and subscribed to the oaths of qualification, I declare that he 
is elected messenger to carry the certificates of the votes of the 
Electoral College of Massachusetts and deliver them to the 
President of the Senate of the United States in Washington. 

Mr. Stearns. Madam President, I thank you and through 
you the Electoral College for the honor. [Applause.] 

The Hon. Marion Cowan Burrows. Madam President, I 
move that two members of this College be appointed by the 
Chair as a committee to prepare and present a pay roll in 
accordance with section 149 of chapter 54 of the General Laws. 

The President. Is this motion seconded? 

The Hon. Albert H. Washburn. I second the motion. 

The President. You have heard the Hon. Marion Cowan 
Burrows move that a committee be appointed to bring in the 
pay roll. The motion is seconded by the Hon. Albert H. 
Washburn. Those in favor of this motion will signify it by 
saying ^^Aye”. [General response.] Contrary minded. It is a 
vote. I appoint as the committee to bring in the report on the 
pay roll the Hon. Marion Cowan Burrows of Lynn and the 
Hon. Frank H. Metcalf of Holyoke. The committee will retire 


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ELECTORAL COLLEGE 


under the escort of the Sergeant-at-Arms and prepare the pay 
roll. 

The committee, under escort of the Sergeant-at-Arms, pro¬ 
ceeded to the performance of its duty, and business was sus¬ 
pended in its absence. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms. A committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The President. Admit the committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The Hon. Marion Cowan Burrows. Madam President, I 
wish to report the pay roll of Electors of President and Vice- 
President for the year 1921: — 


Pay Roll of Electors of President and Vice President for the 

Year 1921. 

At large, Anna C. Bird of Walpole,.$10 00 

Elizabeth Putnam of Manchester, . . . 12 00 

District No. 1, Frank H. Metcalf of Holyoke, . . 29 00 

District No. 2, Henry P, Field of Northampton, . . 27 00 

District No. 3, Arthur H. Lowe of Fitchburg, . . . 16 00 

District No. 4, Chandler Bullock of Worcester, . . 15 00 

District No. 5, Alfred C. Gaunt of Methuen, . . . . 12 00 

District No. 6, Elihu Thomson of Swampscott, . 9 00 

District No. 7, Marion Cowan Burrows of Lynn, ... 9 00 

District No. 8, William H. Lewis of Cambridge, ... 7 00 

District No. 9, J. Edward L. McLean of Somerville, 7 00 

District No. 10, Emma Romano of Boston,.7 00 

District No. 11, Charlotte H. J. Guild of Boston, ... 7 00 

District No. 12, Albert H. Curtis of Boston, .... 7 00 

District No. 13, Ernest B. Dane of Brookline, .... 7 00 

District No. 14, Harold C. Keith of Brockton, . . . 1100 

District No. 15, Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of North Attleborough, 13 00 

District No. 16, Albert H. Washburn of Middleborough, . 13 00, 


Making a total of.$218 00 


The President. You have heard the report of the com¬ 
mittee; the Chair awaits your pleasure. 

The Hon. Arthur H. Lowe. Madam President, I move 
that the report be accepted. 







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23 


The President. Is the motion seconded? 

The Hon. Henry P. Field. I second the motion. 

Tlie President. The motion has been made by the Hon. 
Arthur H. Lowe and seconded by the Hon. Henry P. Field 
that the report of the committee on the pay roll be accepted. 
Those in favor will signify it by saying “Aye”. [General 
response.] Contrary minded. [No response.] It is a vote, and 
the committee is discharged from further duties. 

The Hon. Alfred C. Gaunt. Madam President, I move 
that the secretary of this College be instructed to deliver a 
copy of the certificates of the votes of this Electoral College to 
the Judge of the United States District Court for the District 
of Massachusetts. 

The President. The Hon. Mr. Gaunt moves that the secre¬ 
tary of this College be instructed to deliver a copy of the 
certificates of the votes of this College to the Judge of the 
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. 
Is that motion seconded? 

The motion was seconded by the Hon. Ernest B. Dane. 

The President. You have heard the motion of the Hon. 
Mr. Gaunt, seconded by the Hon. Mr. Dane. Those in favor 
of this motion will signify it by saying “Aye”. [General re¬ 
sponse.] Contrary minded. [No response.] It is a vote. 

The Hon. William PI. Lewis. Madam President, I move 
that a committee of three be appointed to wait upon His 
Excellency the Governor and inform him that the members of 
the College desire to pay their respects to him at this time. 

The President. The Hon. Mr. Lewis moves that a com¬ 
mittee be appointed to call upon the Governor and ask him to 
attend the meeting of the Electoral College, that the members 
may pay their respects to him at this time. Is that motion 
seconded? 

The Hon. Ernest B. Dane. Madam President, I second 
the motion. 

The President. You have heard the motion of the Hon. 
Mr. Lewis, seconded by the Hon. Mr. Dane. Those in favor 
will signify it by saying ''Aye”. [General response.] Contrary 
minded. [No response.] It is a vote. The Chair appoints the 


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ELECTORAL COLLEGE 


Hon. William PL Lewis of Cambridge, the Hon. Ernest B. Dane 
of Brookline and the Plon. Albert H. Curtis of Boston to wait 
upon the Governor under the escort of the Sergeant-at-Arms. 

The committee proceeded to the discharge of their duties. 

The President. The Chair TOuld state that the Governor 
having already addressed the Electoral College, when the com¬ 
mittee escorting him returns with the report that the Governor 
is ready, the Chair will leave the rostrum and we will all as¬ 
semble informally before the clerk’s desk and pay our respects 
to the Governor without further formality. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms. A committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The President. Admit the committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The Hon. William H. Lewis. Madam President, your com¬ 
mittee reports that we have waited upon His Excellency the 
Governor of the Commonwealth and informed His Excellency 
of the pleasure of the College, and His Excellency desires us to 
say to the College that he will attend forthwith or at the pleas¬ 
ure of the College. 

The President. Will the honorable committee report to 
the Governor that the Electoral College is ready to pay its re¬ 
spects to him forthwith. 

The committee retired under escort of the Sergeant-at-Arms, 
returning forthwith, accompanying His Excellency the Governor. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms. His Excellency the Governor and 
a committee of the Electoral College. 

The President. Admit His Excellency the Governor and 
the committee. The Electoral College will assemble forthwith 
in front of the desk, and the Chair will ask the committee to 
escort the Governor to the members of the Electoral College 
that they may duly pay him their respects. [Applause.] 

The Electors having assembled in front of the president’s 
desk. His Excellency the Governor was informally presented to 
them. 



OF MASSACHUSETTS. 


25 


His Excellency Channing H. Cox. I simply want to thank 
the members of the College for allowing me to come here and 
congratulate you on having performed your arduous duties 
with so much harmony and so much efficiency. 

The President. It is a great pleasure to have you here. 

His Excellency the Governor was thereupon escorted from 
the Senate Chamber by the committee, attended by the Ser- 
geant-at-Arms. 

The President. The Electoral College will come to order. 

The Chair would ask the members to remain in their seats 
until after the return of the committee so as to expedite the 
signing of the certificates. 

The members of the College thereupon proceeded to the sign¬ 
ing of the certificates of the votes. 

The Sergeant-at-x4rms. A committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The President. Admit the committee of the Electoral 
College. 

The Chair thanks the committee of the Electoral College 
for having discharged its duties, and declares it dismissed from 
further duties. 

Mr. Boynton. I have the honor to report that the signing 
of the certificates is completed. 

The President. The Deputy Secretary of the Common¬ 
wealth reports that the signatures are completed. The report 
is duly accepted. 

The Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Madam President, I 
think I voice the sentiment of every member of this body 
when I say that we deeply appreciate the services which Mr. 
Boynton and Mr. Carney have rendered on this occasion. I 
move you that a vote of thanks be extended to the First 
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, Mr. Herbert H. 
Boynton, and the Second Deputy Secretary of the Common- 


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ELECTORAL COLLEGE 


wealth, Mr. Peter F. J. Carney, for their services in our 
behalf. 

The President. You have heard the motion of the Hon. 
Mr. Martin. Those in favor of the motion will signify it by 
saying “Aye”. [Unanimous response.] Contrary minded. It 
is a unanimous vote, and the Chair takes great pleasure in 
personally thanking Mr. Boynton and Mr. Carney for their 
able assistance. 

Mr. Boynton. I thank you. 

The Hon. Chandler Bullock. Members of the Electoral 
College, I am going to rise to a motion to which I am sure 
you will all agree. We have been very fortunate in the selec¬ 
tion of our presiding officer. Madam President, and our Secre¬ 
tary, and for their courtesy and efficiency I move a vote of 
thanks be extended to them. And I await a second to that 
motion. 

The Hon. Frank H. Metcalf. I second the motion. 

The Hon. Chandler Bullock. The motion is seconded. 
Will those in favor of this motion please manifest it by a 
rising vote. [The Electors rose.] Everybody rises; the vote 
is unanimous. 

The President. The Chair desires to extend her thanks to 
the Hon. Mr. Bullock, the Hon. Mr. Metcalf and the other 
members of the Electoral College, and with hers she extends 
also those of the secretary, who she is certain appreciates as 
fully as she does the courtesy and the kindness expressed by 
the members of the Electoral College. It is peculiarly gratify¬ 
ing to me to have been permitted to preside at these sessions 
of this Electoral College, when for the first time women are 
sharing with men some of the duties of government. The 
honor is a signal one and I thank you from my heart. 

The Hon. William H. Lewis. Madam President, I move 
that the secretary of this College be instructed to forward by 
mail to the President of the Senate of the United States a 
certificate of the votes of this College, in accordance with the 
requirements of law. 

The President. The Chair considers it hardly necessary 
to wait for a second to that motion and will put it immedi- 


OP MASSACHUSETTS. 


27 


ately. You have heard the motion of the Hon. Mr. Lewis 
that the secretary be instructed to deposit in the mail a copy 
of the certificates of the votes of the Electoral College, to be 
sent to the President of the Senate in Washington. This is a 
customary procedure. Those in favor of this motion will 
signify it by saying “Aye’\ [Unanimous response.] Con¬ 
trary minded. It is a vote. 

The Hon. Ernest B. Dane. Madam President, I would like 
to move a hearty vote of thanks to the Sergeant-at-Arms for 
his efficiency. 

The President. You have heard the motion of the Hon. 
Ernest B. Dane. Those in favor will signify it by saying 
“Aye’h [Unanimous response.] Contrary minded. The Chair 
joins in thanks to the Sergeant-at-Arms, whose efficiency has 
greatly helped us. 

The Hon. Henry P. Field. Madam President, I move a 
similar vote of thanks to the efficient chaplain. 

The President. You have heard the motion of a vote of 
thanks to the Rev. Dr. Horton. It has been a great pleasure 
to me to have the privilege of sitting here beside him. It has 
given me help and courage to perform the duties of this office 
to which I am unaccustomed. I thank you. Dr. Horton. 
Those in favor of this motion will signify it by rising. 

The motion was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. 

The Hon. Anna C. Bird. Madam President, I move that 
this Electoral College of Massachusetts do now dissolve. 

The President. Before putting the Hon. Mrs. Bird’s 
motion I w^ant to announce two things. In the first place, 
the reporters want to take another photograph, because very 
naturally they want to include Mrs. Bird. Mrs. Bird was 
not wdth us Saturday, and they want to take the photograph 
of the Electoral College with Mrs. Bird present. Also, after 
that duty is performed, the Electoral College is asked to go 
to Purdy’s studio, 145 Tremont Street, for the official photo¬ 
graph. 

The Chair will now put the Hon. Mrs. Bird’s motion. 


28 ELECTORAL COLLEGE OE MASSACHUSETTS. 


that the Electoral College be dissolved. Those in favor will 
say “Aye”. [General response.] Contrary minded. [No re¬ 
sponse.] The Electoral College is so dissolved. The members 
will assemble in front of the desk and we will file out in 
procession. 


The Electoral College was thereupon, at 11.45 o’clock a.m., 
dissolved. 


ALBERT H. WASHBURN, 


Secretary. 



APPENDIX 


Forms of Certification 












CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT OF ELECTORS. 


®I|r (!Iammonwraltl|i n( ilaBBarI|nBrttB. 


Pursuant to the Laws of the United States, I, Calvin Coolidge, 
Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify, 
That 


CHARLES SUMNER BIRD, 
ELIZABETH PUTNAM. 


FRANK H. METCALF, 
HENRY P. FIELD, 

ARTHUR H. LOWE, 
CHANDLER BULLOCK, 
ALFRED C. GAUNT, 

ELIHU THOMSON, 

MARION COWAN BURROWS, 
WILLIAM H. LEWIS, 


J. EDWARD L. McLEAN, 
EMMA ROMANO, 
CHARLOTTE H. J. GUILD, 
ALBERT H. CURTIS, 
ERNEST B. DANE, 
HAROLD C. KEITH, 
JOSEPH W. MARTIN, Jr., 
ALBERT H. WASHBURN, 


have been duly chosen and appointed Electors of President and Vice 
President of the United States of America for the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, at an election for that purpose held therein on the Tuesday 
next after the first Monday of November in the year of Our Lord one 
thousand nine hundred and twenty, agreeably to the provisions of the 
Laws of said Commonwealth, and in conformity with the Constitution 
and Laws of the United States, for the purpose of giving in their Votes 
for President and Vice President of the United States, for the respective 
terms prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, to begin on 
the fourth day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hun¬ 
dred and twenty-one. 

And I further certify that the Votes given at said election for Electors 
of President and Vice President of the United States, as appears by the 
returns from the several cities and towns in this Commonwealth, which 
were duly received and examined by the Governor and Council, in accord¬ 
ance with Law, were as follows: — 




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ELECTORAL COLLEGE 


At Large. 


Charles Sumner Bird, 


. 681,153 

John J. McEttrick, 

, 

. 

. 32,265 

Elizabeth Putnam, 


. 681,142 

Peter O’Rourke, . 

. 


3,583 

Marcus A. Coolidge, . 


. 276,691 

Paul Schepis, 



3,582 

Rose D. Forbes, . 


. 276,680 

All others. 



24 

Thomas H. Fair, 


. 32,267 





District No. 

1. 


District 

No. 

9. 


Frank H. Metcalf, 


. 681,144 

J. Edward L. McLean, 

. 


. 681,137 

Ellen M. Boland, 


. 276,680 

Thomas J. Boynton, . 



. 276,678 

Dan McGahan, . 


. 32,267 

Henry Erskine, . 



. 32,268 

Henry Noflfke, 


3,580 

Leon Greenman, . 



3,580 

All others, .... 


9 

All others. 



9 

District No. 

2. 


District 

No. 

10. 


Henry P. Field, . 


. 681,140 

Emma Romano, . 

. 


. 681,136 

Mary E. Woolley, 


. 276,678 

Mary F. Sullivan, 



. 276,679 

"Walter P. J. Skahan, . 


. 32,267 

Jbseph M. Meirovitz, 



. 32,269 

Oscar Kinsalas, . 


3,580 

Felix Manevitz, . 



3,581 

All others. 


8 

All.others, 

• 


9 

District No. 

3. 


District 

No. 

11. 


Arthur H. Lowe, 


. 681,138 

Charlotte H. J. Guild, 



. 681,133 

Joseph E. "Venne, 


. 276,681 

William Gaston, . 



. 276,680 

Charles E. Fenner, 


. 32,267 

Louis Marcus, 



. 32,268 

Herman Koepke, 


3,581 

George Nelson, 



3,580 

All others. 


9 

All others. 



9 

District No. 

4. 


District 

No. 

12. 


Chandler Bullock, 


. 681,139 

Albert H. Curtis, 



. 681,140 

Arthur Gordon Webster, . 

, 

. 276,681 

Mary Madden Jackson, 



. 276,679 

Adolph Wirkkula, 


. 32,267 

Samuel P. Levenberg, 



. 32,267 

Toseph Jiskra, 


3,580 

Henry C. Hess, . 



3,580 

All others, .... 

• 

8 

All others. 



12 

District No. 

5. 


District 

No. 

13. 


Alfred C. Gaunt, 


. 681,141 

Ernest B. Dane, . 

, 


. 681,139 

Charles Francis Adams, 


. 276,680 

Dorothy Whipple Fry, 



. 276,679 

Sylvester J. McBride, 


. 32,267 

Samuel Zorn, 



. 32,267 

John MacKinnon, 


3,580 

Walter J. Hoar, . 



3,580 

All others, .... 


8 

All others, 



9 

District No. 

6. 


District 

No. 

14. 


Elihu Thomson, . 


. 681,140 

Harold C. Keith, 



. 681,140 

Annie T. Dodge, 


. 276,679 

Eugenia B. Frothingham, . 


. 276,678 

Parkman B. Flanders, 


. 32,265 

N. Albion Jeppson, 



. 32,268 

Jeremiah P. McNally, 


3,583 

Patrick H. Loftus, 



3,580 

All others, .... 


8 

All others, 



9 

District No. 

7. 


District 

No. 

15. 


Marion Cowan Burrows, . 


. 681,135 

Joseph W. Martin, Jr., 



. 681,138 

Abbie May Roland, . 


. 276,679 

Harold E. Sweet, 

. 


. 276,679 

Joseph Wallis, 


. 32,267 

Morris Rosen, 



. 32,267 

Fred E. Oelcher, . 


3,580 

Albert Barnes, 



. 3,580 

All others, .... 


9 

All others. 



8 

District No. 

8. 


District 

No. 

16. 


William H. Lewis, 


. 681,139 

Albert H. Washburn, . 



. 681,137 

Charles W. Eliot, 


. 276,681 

Hannah Ashley, . 



. 276,681 

George E. Roewer, Jr., 


. 32,268 

Wilbur M. Austin, 



. 32,267 

John W. Aiken, . 


3,580 

James W. Holden, 



. 3,580 

All others. 


8 

All others. 



8 









































OF MASSACHUSETTS. 


33 


[great seal] 
CALVIN COOLIDGE. 


Given under my hand and the Great Seal of 
the Commonwealth, at Boston, this twenty- 
fourth day of November, in the year of Our 
Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty, 
and of the Independence of the United States 
of America the one hundred and forty-fifth. 


By His Excellency the Governor. 


ALBERT P. LANGTRY, 
Secretary of the Commonwealth. 


Seven forms of the foregoing certificate are made. Four are sent to the Secretary of State of 
the United States, and three are delivered to the Electors on the day of their meeting, to be at¬ 
tached to the three certificates of the result of their balloting for President and Vice President. 
(Act of Congress, Feb. 3, 1887. Revised Statutes of the United States, section 138.) 



34 


ELECTORAL COLLEGE 


NOTIFICATION TO ELECTORS. 


Oil;? (Sammantoraltlf nf ilaBBact;uBrttB. 


Executive Departmeot. 


To . 

) In conformity with section three hundred 

and fifteen of chapter eight hundred and thirty- 
[great seal] five of our Legislative Acts of the year nine¬ 
teen hundred and thirteen, I hereby notify 
CALVIN COOLIDGE. you that you have been duly chosen by the 
People of this Commonwealth, legally qualified 
therefor, to be an Elector of President and Vice 
President of the United States for the term by the Constitution of the 
said United States expressed, commencing on the fourth day of March 
in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one. 

You are, therefore, hereby notified to appear at the Capitol, on the 
Saturday preceding the second Monday of January in the year one 
thousand nine hundred and twenty-one being the eighth day of said 
month, at three o’clock in the afternoon, and execute the duties of said 
office, as prescribed by law. 

Witness the Great Seal of the Commonwealth here¬ 
unto affixed, at Boston, this twenty-fourth 
day of November in the year of our Lord one 
thousand nine hundred and twenty and of the 
Independence of the United States of America, 
the one hundred and forty-fifth. 

By His Excellency the Governor. 

ALBERT P. LANGTRY, 
Secretary of the Commonwealth. 





OF MASSACHUSETTS. 


35 


CERTIFICATE OF FILLING A VACANCY. 


QIlj? ©nmmanmraltli nf 


We, the undersigned,-'Electors of President and Vice President of the 
United States of America, for the respective terms beginning on the fourth 
day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 
twenty-one, being Electors duly and legally appointed and quahfied by 
and for The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as appears by the annexed 
certificate made and delivered to us by the Executive of the Common¬ 
wealth, having met and convened agreeably to the provisions of Law^ 
at the State House, in Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
on the second Monday in January of the year one thousand nine hundred 
and twenty-one, being the tenth day of said month, 

Do hereby certify. That, being so assembled, a vacancy was found to 
exist in the College of Electors, caused by the absence of 

CHARLES SUMNER BIRD. 

That in obedience to a requirement of the Laws of this Commonwealth, ^ 
a certified copy of which requirement is hereto attached, we did then and 
there elect by ballot, to fill said vacancy, 

ANNA C. BIRD 

to be of the College of Electors of President and Vice President of the 
United States. 

In testimony whereof. We have hereunto set our hands on this second 
Monday of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty- 
one, being the tenth day of said month. 

[Signatures of Electors.] 


The foregoing certificate is made in triplicate, to accompany the three certificates of appoint¬ 
ment of Electors. 


1 Sections 138 and 148 of chapter 54 of the General Laws. 







36 


ELECTORAL COLLEGE 


CERTIFICATE OF VOTES CAST FOR PRESIDENT AND 
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 


Ol0mm0nmralt4 0f llaHHarlfuarttH. 


We, the undersigned, Electors of President and Vice President of the 
United States of America, for the respective terms beginning on the 
fourth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred 
and twenty-one, being Electors duly and legally appointed and qualified 
by and for The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as appears by the an¬ 
nexed certificate, made and delivered to us by the Executive of the Com¬ 
monwealth, having met and convened, agreeably to the provisions of 
Law, at the State House, in Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachu¬ 
setts, on the second Monday in January of the year one thousand nine 
hundred and twenty-one, being the tenth day of said month. 

Do hereby certify. That, being so assembled and duly organized, we 
proceeded to vote by ballot, and balloted first for such President, and then 
for such Vice President, by distinct ballots. 

And we further certify. That the following are two distinct lists, one of 
the votes for President, and the other of the votes for Vice President, so 
cast, as aforesaid. 


List of All Persons voted for as President, with the Number of Votes for 

Each. 


Names op Persons voted for. 

Number of Votes. 

WARREN G. HARDING of Ohio, .... 

Eighteen. 


List of All Persons voted for as Vice President, with the Number of Votes 

for Each. 


Names of Persons voted for. 

Number of Votes. 

CALVIN COOLIDGE of Massachusetts, . . . 

Eighteen. 















OF MASSACHUSETTS. 


37 


In testimony whereof, We have hereunto set our hands, on the second 
Monday of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred 
and twenty-one, being the tenth day of said month. 

[Signatures of Electors.] 


This certificate is in triplicate. Two certificates are sent to the President of the Senate of the 
United States at the seat of government, one of them by a person appointed by the Electors, 
and the second by mail. The third is delivered to the judge of the United States District Court 
for Massachusetts. (Revised Statutes of the United States, section 140.) 



38 


ELECTORAL COLLEGE 


CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT OF MESSENGER. 


©nmmonmrallli tif iHaHaarljUHrttB. 


We, the undersigned, having been duly appointed by the Common¬ 
wealth of Massachusetts Electors to Vote for President and Vice Presi¬ 
dent of the United States of America, for the respective terms beginning 
on the fourth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine 
hundred and twenty-one. 

Do hereby certify, That we have appointed 

FRANK W. STEARNS 

to take charge of and deliver forthwith to the President of the Senate of 
the United States at the seat of government the certificate made, pur¬ 
suant to Law, of all the Votes given by us as such Electors for President 
and Vice President of the United States. 

Witness our hands, this second Monday in January of the year one 
thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, being the tenth day of said 
month. 

[Signatures of Electors.] 


The foregoing certificate is in quadruplicate. One is taken with the certificates required by 
law by the person appointed as Messenger; the second is enclosed with the papers mailed to the 
President of the United States Senate at the seat of government; the third with those delivered 
to the United States district judge for Massachusetts; and the fourth is retained by the person 
appointed as Messenger. 





OF MASSACHUSETTS. 


39 


OFFICIAL SUPEESCRIPTION. 


To the President of the Senate, at the Seat of Government, Washington, 
District of Columbia. 

We, the undersigned, Electors of President and Vice President for the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do certify in pursuance of law, that 
the lists of all the votes of the said Commonwealth, cast by us as the 
Electors thereof, for President, and of all the votes of the said Common¬ 
wealth, cast by us as the Electors thereof for Vice President, for the re¬ 
spective terms beginning on the fourth day of March, A.D. one thousand 
nine hundred and twenty-one, are herein contained. 

Witness our hands, at Boston, this second Monday in January, A.D. 
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, being the tenth day of said 
month. 

[Signatures of Electors.] 


This certificate appears on the envelopes containing the lists of votes cast for President and 
Vice President, and is required by section 139 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Each 
of the envelopes, which of course are strong, securely sealed and properly addressed, contains also 
complete sets of the several certificates shown in the preceding pages. 





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